Name plate for wire fences



Patented Mar. 2, 1926 uurren STATES 1,575,4e9 PATENT OFFICE.

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NAME PLATE FOR WIRE FENCES.

Application filed November 11,1925. Serial No. 683268 To all whom itmay] concern.

Be it known that L'Anrnnn BLAnsnR, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Name Plates for WireFences, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metal name plates for use in connection withfences and like structures that are composed of heavy wires of flattenedhelical formation inter woven in a mannner to provide intersecting rowsof laterally-projecting diamondshaped meshes.

Heretofore metal plates containing the name of the manufacturer, orother indicia, have been fastened directly to the outer surface of thewire structure, but owing to the bodily protrusion and exposure of theplates they were easily mutilated or broken off. Moreover, only theouter exposed surfaces of the plates were available for the lettering,&c.

The object of my invention is to provide a plate of such construction.that it carl'be readily applied to the woven wire structure in such amanner as to be effectually con fined within and supported and protectedby the structure, and at the same time both sides of the plate afiordvisible lettering surfaces.

To this end my invention comprises novel features of construction andcombinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of chain linkfence fabric equipped with a pair of associated name plates embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section. on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing a single plate.

The section of chain link fence fabric illustrated in the drawingscomprises a plurality of interwoven flattened helical wires 5presentingintersecting diagonal rows of diamond-shaped meshes.

The diagonal members 6, 7 of the meshes on the respective sides of thefabric are offset from each other and oppositely inclined as shown, thatis, such members project outwardly in opposite directions, those meshesbut it also is effectually backed and supported at intervals by thecontiguous diagonal portions 11 of the meshes; it being noted that oneleg is transversely supported at intervals at one side and the other legis similarly supported at the opposite side by the diagonal members 11contiguous thereto. The lower end of each leg of the angular plate maybe secured to a contiguous portion of the fabric by means of a clenchedstaple 12, or other fastening, as shown in Fig. 8; or if desired twosimilar plates can be oppositely disposed in the fabric so that theirextremities overlap in which case the overlapping portions canv beeffectually united by rivets 13, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. The plate orplates, as the case may be, is or are confined and held within avertical plane between the respective outer sides of the fabric, and inconsequ-ence the surfaces of the plate or plates are protected, andliability of their mutilation, removal or displacement is reduced.- Atthe same time both surfaces of the plate or plates are exposed to viewand may be utilized for suitable designating matter.

I claim- 1. The herein described name plate for structures composed ofinterwoven flattened helical wires, said plate being of angularformation and its members being proportioned for placement fiatwise inoppositelyinclined diagonal rows of meshes of the structure at therespective sides of the latter, so that the said members will beedgewise and transversely supported by the interwoven wires and onesurface of each member will be unobstructed at the adjacent side of thestructure.

2. The combination with a structure com posed of interwoven flattenedhelical wires, of a name plate of angular formation arranged fiatwisewithin oppositely-inclined rows of meshes of the structure, the apex ofthe plate being supported at the intersection of the said rows, and thelegs of said plate being edgewise and transversely sup ported by thewires of the adjacent meshes so that one member will present anunobstructed surface at one side of the structure and the other member.will present an unobstructed surface at the opposite side of thestructure and means securing said plate in place.

3. The combination with a structure composed of interwoven flattenedhelical wires,

of two oppositely-disposed name plates of angular form arranged withinintersecting diagonal rows of meshes of the structure and having theirlegs overlapping, said plates being supported by the members of themeshes contiguous thereto, and means securing together the overlappingportions of the legs.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 7th day of November A. D. 1925.

ALFRED BLAESER.

